Show col charles cooey the president of the american federation of aero clubs said the other day of an aero nautical pilot lie Is really too absent minded to pilot a balloon he used you know to be a railroad conductor but he had to give up the work he was too ab sent minded for it too on his train one day as he passed through the cars taking up the tick ets a joking passenger instead of proffering his pasteboard solemnly proffered his forefinger never noticing anything out of the way the conductor punched a little chunk out of the side of the finger and passed on |